Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!oliveb!pyramid!decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!CORY.BERKELEY.EDU!dillon From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Recent Motorola ad seen in Byte Message-ID: <8705130713.AA24919@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Wed, 13-May-87 03:13:02 EDT Article-I.D.: cory.8705130713.AA24919 Posted: Wed May 13 03:13:02 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 02:46:16 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 14 :A minor point. According to "M68000 16/32-Bit Microprocessor", Programmer's :Reference Manual, Fourth Edition, page 218, Table G-1: : asl.l #1,D1 :is not listed as a loopable instruction. : :allen According to table G-1, ASL certainly IS a loopable instruction. Re-read your manual.... it's in the second column. Furthermore, instruction cycle times for ASL in loop mode are given on page 212, table F-13. No apology necessary. -Matt